New Sega system?

Light · May 22, 2009, 11:14:23 PM

Quote from: Nayrman on May 16, 2009, 07:44:55 PM
In Vegas I've been to a GameWorks which as awesome, they had all the big games and such. They even had an original arcade machine of Sonic the Fighters!

I went there, and I played that. :o Though, I did spend most of my time there playing Gauntlet Legends...

This new Sega whatever it is sounds like it could pack quite a punch. All they need to do is successfully market it, and provide it with good games.

Tupin · May 24, 2009, 04:35:27 PM

Well, meet the newest Sega console(s).

RingEdge:

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RingWide:
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You know, I think this is a consumerized SuperGun, like how the Neo-Geo was. So yeah, awesome arcade games.

Nayrman · May 24, 2009, 04:59:54 PM

those looks like regular processors or something X_X:;

Tupin · May 24, 2009, 05:02:17 PM

Quote from: Nayrman on May 24, 2009, 04:59:54 PM
those looks like regular processors or something X_X:;

Hopefully they are prototypes.

Nayrman · May 24, 2009, 06:00:49 PM

Quote from: Tupin on May 24, 2009, 05:02:17 PM
Hopefully they are prototypes.

let's hope.

Tupin · May 24, 2009, 08:40:42 PM

Quote from: Nayrman on May 24, 2009, 06:00:49 PM
let's hope.

Hey, at least we're going to get awesome games, here's one of the games that it will probably launch with:

Light · May 25, 2009, 01:04:01 AM

Wow, are we late, or something? http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/02/sega_ringedge_and_ringwide_platforms.html Check out the date on that. Late February is when it was announced.

Zero · May 30, 2009, 01:51:30 PM

Quote from: Nayrman on May 16, 2009, 07:11:02 PM
I'd really like that ;_;
Sad part is that SEGA (at least back in the day) was actually more creative than Nintendo was. If their studio has even half the talent there was during the DC, I can only imagine what system they could make with something akin to the Wii.

Talent? lol I wouldn't go that far. The DC was amazing, but pretty much every other SEGA console was horrendous in competition with Nintendo's. Evidence lies in the fact that they're not in the console biz anymore.

Tupin · May 30, 2009, 01:57:45 PM

Quote from: Zero on May 30, 2009, 01:51:30 PM
Talent? lol I wouldn't go that far. The DC was amazing, but pretty much every other SEGA console was horrendous in competition with Nintendo's. Evidence lies in the fact that they're not in the console biz anymore.

The main problem they had was they always had the least technologically advanced system. They had that problem because they always released their systems first, in order to grab an audience of people who just couldn't wait.

The Dreamcast was the exception, but it couldn't hold up to the PS2, there was too much hype and the DC just got left in the dust.

Nayrman · May 30, 2009, 03:19:30 PM

Quote from: Tupin on May 30, 2009, 01:57:45 PM
The main problem they had was they always had the least technologically advanced system. They had that problem because they always released their systems first, in order to grab an audience of people who just couldn't wait.

The Dreamcast was the exception, but it couldn't hold up to the PS2, there was too much hype and the DC just got left in the dust.

and the PS2 had the DVD thing going. That's the MAIN reason it sold so well. (and pretty much the only reason it sold the first year).

Quote from: Zero on May 30, 2009, 01:51:30 PM
Talent? lol I wouldn't go that far. The DC was amazing, but pretty much every other SEGA console was horrendous in competition with Nintendo's. Evidence lies in the fact that they're not in the console biz anymore.

horrendous? The Genesis almost beat the SNES (closest console race in history in any region), the Genesis actually BEAT the SNES in Europe (not that anyone cares, and this was mostly due to SEGA getting licenses that Europeans cared about like the Asterix games). And the Dreamcast had one of the most successful launches of it's time. It's bascially just that they didn't have the longest lasting systems...

Tupin · May 30, 2009, 06:18:02 PM

Sega always had Europe. Mainly because Nintendo took forever to release anything there.

Nayrman · May 30, 2009, 06:26:51 PM

Quote from: Tupin on May 30, 2009, 06:18:02 PM
Sega always had Europe. Mainly because Nintendo took forever to release anything there.

and yet SEGA and Sony get quite a bit of money from their European divisions. Hell, unlike Nintendo and most Japanese companies, SEGA's European studios actually works on quite a few games themselves.

Tupin · May 30, 2009, 06:37:54 PM

Quote from: Nayrman on May 30, 2009, 06:26:51 PM
and yet SEGA and Sony get quite a bit of money from their European divisions. Hell, unlike Nintendo and most Japanese companies, SEGA's European studios actually works on quite a few games themselves.

Nintendo of Europe actually does a lot, they cover pretty much all of Africa except for South Africa, all of mainland Asia except for China and South Korea, and for some reason some of the islands in the Pacific. Not saying those are big video game playing regions, though. That, and they are basically translators and distributors, not makers.

Nayrman · May 30, 2009, 06:53:22 PM

Quote from: Tupin on May 30, 2009, 06:37:54 PM
Nintendo of Europe actually does a lot, they cover pretty much all of Africa except for South Africa, all of mainland Asia except for China and South Korea, and for some reason some of the islands in the Pacific. Not saying those are big video game playing regions, though. That, and they are basically translators and distributors, not makers.

I meant in terms of making games. Yea, that's basically what all European divisions do for most gaming companies. As far as I know SEGA and Sony are the only Japanese companies that have their Euro divisions actually do stuff in the game making process.
Obviously Ubisoft is French in it of itself...

Zero · May 31, 2009, 08:59:26 AM

Quote from: Nayrman on May 30, 2009, 03:19:30 PM
horrendous? The Genesis almost beat the SNES (closest console race in history in any region), the Genesis actually BEAT the SNES in Europe (not that anyone cares, and this was mostly due to SEGA getting licenses that Europeans cared about like the Asterix games). And the Dreamcast had one of the most successful launches of it's time. It's bascially just that they didn't have the longest lasting systems...

The Genesis almost beat the SNES due to the genius marketing team Sega had at the time. The SNES had a far better library and while I loved both as a kid, I played the SNES more.

The Dreamcast is still one of my favorite consoles, I know all of that.